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Disabling certain Windows XP services can enhance performance and security – but itâ€™s essential to know which ones you can safely turn off.

1: Automatic Updates

New security updates will not be automatically installed to your computer.

2: Cryptographic Services

Disable Cryptographic Services at your peril! Automatic Updates will not function and you will have problems with Task Manager as well as other security mechanisms.

3: Plug and PlayIf you disable Plug and Play, your computer will be unstable and incapable of detecting hardware changes.

4: Print SpoolerWhen the Print Spooler service is not running, printing on the local machine is not possible.Â Â 5: Remote Procedure Call (RPC)Bad news. The system will not boot. Donâ€™t disable this service.

6: WorkstationDisable the Workstation service and your computer will be unable to connect to remote Microsoft Network resources.

7: Network Location Awareness (NLA)Your computer will not be able to fully connect to and use wireless networks

8: DHCP ClientWithout the DHCP Client service, youâ€™ll need to manually assign static IP addresses to every Windows XP system on your network. If you use DHCP to assign other parameters, such as WINS information, youâ€™ll need to provide that information manually as well.

9: Network Connections

If this service is disabled, network configuration is not possible. New network connections canâ€™t be created and services that need network information will fail.

10: DNS Client

If you stop this service, you will disable your computerâ€™s ability to resolve names to IP addresses, basically rendering Web browsing all but impossible.

The mobile giant Nokia is all set and geared to connect people, not with otherwise new versions of Nseries, but this time with notebooks. Behind the scenes is a technical collaboration of Nokia with Quanta and Compal, worldâ€™s largest OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer).

Do you know that it would be Intelâ€™s Atom Chips in Nokia notebook supplied by Quanta? So, as Nokia joined hands with Intel, something like this was bound to happen. With Acerâ€™s announcement that it is entering into the mobile industry, Nokia wasted no time to make a giant leap to enter the notebook industry.

The buzz in the market today is that Nokia notebook will also be based on Qualcomm Snapdragon chip that would be exclusively engineered by Compal. However, one needs to keep an eye on which operating system the Nokia smartbook will be based.

I’ve been working with Google’s Adsense program for a while now. If you’re notalready in the program, why not take a look at it now athttps://www.google.com/adsense. I really like Adsense. It makes me moneyand it’s easy to work with. Just some simple copy & paste into your webpageand you’re done. Right?

Wrong! You can do it that way if you want. Who knows? Maybe you’ll get luckyand get a lot of clicks. But if you’re really serious about making a lot of moneywith the program, you’re going to have to tweak it a little.

I’ve invested quite a bit of time experimenting with the program. When I firstsigned up, I got some clicks and made a tiny bit of money. That wasn’t goodenough. I knew there must be a way to get more of my visitors to click on theads.

Google has a strict policy about not pointing to the ads in any way or askingpeople to click on them, so there were two things I couldn’t do. What else wasthere?

Then I remembered reading an article once that discussed the psychologicalimpact of colors on the human mind. I started researching everything I couldfind on the subject.

After a lot of reading, many tests and periods of watching my clicks go up anddown, I found the one color combination that seemed to work the best.Testing previously done at supermarkets had revealed that the same productcould pull more sales from just changing the colors of the label. What werethese colors? Red and yellow! The combination of these two colors has animmediate impact on the person who sees them. They make your eyes stop andfocus. They pull your eyes right to that part of the page. They grab yourattention! I’m not sure exactly why the combination of red and yellow does this,but it does. On one of my sites, I changed my Adsense ads to a bright redborder and a yellow background with black text and URL.

My click through rate more than doubled with just that one simple change.That’s what worked on my site. Your site’s color scheme may work better with aslightly different color combination. Try lots of different color variations. Make achange in the morning and let it ride for the whole day. The next morning, try adifferent set of colors. Change the border, background, text. Change everythingyou can. Most importantly, keep detailed records of the color scheme you used,click ratio and revenue generated.

After you’ve done all the experimenting you want to, go back to the mostprofitable one and let it run for a week or so and see how it does. I’m alwaystrying different colors even after my run of good clicks with red and yellow.There are a lot of color combinations to choose from. You never know whenyou’ll find just the right one.

The truth about Googleâ€™s Adsense program is that it is amazing. Itâ€™s the greatestaffiliate program ever invented. There is no affiliate program that even comesclose. If you are not using Googleâ€™s Adsense, youâ€™re truly missing out on a greatopportunity. Iâ€™ve tried several other affiliate programs, and the only one that iscreating revenue even close to Googleâ€™s, is the Amazon.com affiliate program.Amazon.comâ€™s affiliate program pays 5% commission and up for shippedproducts. Itâ€™s not really clear how Google pays you, but let me tell you it seemsvery fair. They do not pay per clicks, leads, or click throughs; they have a secretformula that no one will tell. But trust me it works. I was making pennies off ofclicks monthly, until I joined Google. Then the pennies became dollars.

Here are some basic tips for signing up with Googleâ€™s Adsense program.

Tip # 1 If you search multiple websites in different categories youâ€™ll find onething in common. Almost all of them have Google ads and nothing else. This isbecause most other programs are a waste of time. Donâ€™t take my word for it.Try other programs, but donâ€™t skip Googleâ€™s Adsense.

Tip # 2 Googleâ€™s search spiders are so specific, that the ads that appear on eachpage correspond exactly to some element of that page. Therefore, having adsfrom other companies is not a good idea.

TIP # 3 You can place text, image, banner ads and even a search box that willearn your company revenue. Do not place a search box from another companyon the same page as Googleâ€™s search box. They may stop working with you.In summary, the Adsense program is a great way to make revenue, hasincredibly targeted ads and donâ€™t use other search boxes on the same page as aGoogle search box. If you have any questions about Googleâ€™s Adsense program,you can email me at [email protected]

Shawn Ventura is the CEO of http://techpizza.com. He lives with his family inNew York, and is a freelance technology writer.